Effectively Wild Episode 1353: The Show Goes On
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In a bonus episode of EW, Ben Lindbergh talks to SABR’s Jacob Pomrenke about the centennial of the notorious 1919 White Sox, SABR’s new “Eight Myths Out” project, the persistent misconceptions about why the Black Sox threw the 1919 World Series, whether the scandal could have stayed secret, the complicated legacy of Eight Men Out, what Jacob wishes he knew about the Black Sox, the future of gambling and baseball, and more. Then (34:57) Ben brings on FanGraphs’ Paul Sporer to discuss Paul’s history with baseball video games, digital baseball versus digital versions of other sports, and why Paul’s face is in MLB The Show 19, and Ben and Paul discuss the evolution of The Show and the latest installment in the franchise (45:56) with Sony community manager and game designer Ramone Russell.
Audio intro: Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, "Extra"
Audio interstitial: Guided By Voices, "Just to Show You"
Audio outro: The Rolling Stones, "On With the Show"
Link to SABR’s “Eight Myths Out”
Link to Scandal on the South Side
Link to Episode 589 on Super Mega Baseball
Link to Paul and Chris Sale in MLB The Show 19
Link to Paul’s Twitch channel
Link to Ben’s 2018 article on The Show mirroring the majors
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | I want something extra tonight, baby. |
| 0:05.0 | I gave me something extra. |
| 0:07.0 | Do I want it? |
| 0:11.0 | Yes I do. |
| 0:12.0 | I got one. |
| 0:13.0 | I want two. |
| 0:14.0 | I gave me something extra tonight. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1353 of Effectively Wildly Baseball Podcasts from Fan Graphs |
| 0:24.0 | presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:26.0 | I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer and I'm all alone, but not for long. |
| 0:29.5 | This is a bonus episode of Effectively Wildly. |
| 0:32.0 | There are a couple interviews I wanted to do, but this is the week of opening day, so there's only so much time. |
| 0:36.5 | I just had to put out an extra podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | So this episode is going to be a combination of two interviews, first something old, then something new. |
| 0:43.5 | This podcast is going up on the release day of MLB the show 19, the latest installment in the long running video game series. |
| 0:50.5 | So marking the occasion by talking to Ramon Russell, who works on the game about what's new in this year's edition |
| 0:56.5 | and some of the behind the scenes considerations that go into the series. |
| 0:59.5 | I will also be joined for that segment by Paul Sporer of FanGress, and he and I will talk a bit before we bring Ramon on about baseball video games in general. |
| 1:07.5 | But before that, 2019 is the centennial of the Blacksock scandal, and so there's been a lot of conversation. |
| 1:13.5 | In recent days, surrounding a project that Saber has just completed called Eight Myths Out. |
| 1:18.5 | It's a summary of some of the new research, some of the new facts that have come to light about the Blacksock scandal, |
| 1:22.5 | and some debunkings of the more persistent untruths about what happened. |
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